Keywords: Asif muharram 1795 1.jpg Watercolour of the Muharram Festival part of the Hyde collection by an unknown artist working in the Murshidabad style c 1795 Inscribed on the back in pencil 'The Nubob of Moorshedd - at Prayers'; in ink 'The Nawaub of Morshedabad at Prayers a Night Scene ' Asaf al-Daula Nawab of Awadh from 1775 to1797 ordered the construction of the Great Imambara in 1784 for the purpose of celebrating the Muslim festival of Muharram The Muharram festival is in commemoration of the imams Ali Hasan and Hussein This festival starts on the 1st day of Muharram the first month of the Islamic calendar and lasts for 10 days In this view the Nawab is shown listening to the 'maulvi' reading from the scriptures in the hall of the Imanbara Subsequently the building was used as a mausoleum for Asaf ud-Daula upon his death in 1797 Anonymous http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/t/019addor0003230u00000000 html British Library watercolour 2008-10-22 Anonymous-EU Historical images of Lucknow 1795 in India Asaf-ud-Daula Mourning of Muharram History of Uttar Pradesh 1790s paintings from India Governors of the Mughal Empire 1790s watercolor paintings People with flags in art |